He-Man movie still in the works

[Captain Craig]

It could be done very well. A scifi and fantasy "sword and sorcery" film all mushed into one. With the right cast, it can overcome its more cheese filled origins (or embrace them whole heartedly).

One has to wonder if the success of Thor had anything to do with keeping this project going.
I know if I was in a meeting I'd point to it as an example.

Ugh, I hope they don't get the great idea to have He-Man come to Earth...again.

That wasn't really what I meant.
I was meaning to fixate on the "sword & sorcery" part of what Magnus said. The right mix, done correctly could work.

@Admiral - I mostly liked this summers Conan. I acknowledge it wasn't perfect but it did deserve to find an audience. Sadly it didn't.

 

[Admiral_Young]

The sword and sorcery aspect combined with the balance of magic and science is what makes MOTU great in my opinion and yes needs to be focused on in the film. Michael Fassbender for Skeletor. Amy Adams maybe for The Sorceress (originally had her as my pick for Teela) Christina Hendricks for Teela and Ray Stevenson as Duncan/Man-At-Arms would be among my dream cast picks. Alexander Skarsgard or Liam Hemsworth would be my top two picks to play Prince Adam/He-Man. He-Man is going to be difficult to cast though IMO. I would also be fine with John Glover as Skeletor. He was rumoured back as far as 2003 when the Justin Marks draft was being developed.

 

[KB24]

I will have to hold out until I see more. Cast, the vein for which they are going. I'd like a real attempt at the sorcery, not something funny. Writers, director, cast will be huge. Please no Ryan Reynolds or Seth Rogen types! I'll just watch Dolph again for that.

Now, back to She-Ra!

 

[Admiral_Young]

If this film ever gets made I'm guessing that an unknown will be cast as Adam/He-Man.

 

[saturn5]

They should definitely have Meg Foster, Dolph Lungdren and Courtnry Cox guest star

 

[Admiral_Young]

If they'd be up for cameos sure why not. Robert Duncan McNeil as well for that matter. I wouldn't mind if Frank Langella returned as Skeletor. He has always said that he was fond of the role and basically did it because his son was a huge fan.

 

[Corran Horn]

I enjoyed the first movie. It was a shame they spent so little time on Eternia but it was obviously for budget reasons.

 

[saturn5]

If they'd be up for cameos sure why not. Robert Duncan McNeil as well for that matter. I wouldn't mind if Frank Langella returned as Skeletor. He has always said that he was fond of the role and basically did it because his son was a huge fan.

Yeah, I read he wrote a lot of his own dialogue;
"How is the loneliness of good, He-man? Does it compare to the loneliness of evil?"

 

[KB24]

The way Dolph looks now he could be skeletor, hehe. What stinks though, is that a He Man movie almost necessitates it be an origin story, and I am getting so, so tired of origin stories.

 

[RoJoHen]

He-Man is an origin story I would absolutely love to see on the big screen.

 

[Mach5]

I read the much lauded Justin Marks draft and it was pretty decent but not as great as reviewers of the time were praising.

I read some of it and it almost made me vomit.

BTW, if it were up to me, I'd loosely base it on the 2002 Mike Young Productions series. That thing was f-ing EPIC.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

If they'd be up for cameos sure why not. Robert Duncan McNeil as well for that matter. I wouldn't mind if Frank Langella returned as Skeletor. He has always said that he was fond of the role and basically did it because his son was a huge fan.

Yeah, I read he wrote a lot of his own dialogue;
"How is the loneliness of good, He-man? Does it compare to the loneliness of evil?"

If he wrote the line in which Skeletor, floating in the air and flanked by leather and steel-clad minions and dominatrix, referred to Earth as "this primitive and...tasteless...planet" then he deserved an Academy Award for screenwriting.

 

[Broccoli]

He-Man. I don't care how cool a potential movie could be, how nostalgic I can be for the old TV show, or how fun the toys were to play with as a child, his name is fucking stupid.

I know I'd much rather see this than a 4th Transformer movie.

How about He-Man vs. Transformers?

If he wrote the line in which Skeletor, floating in the air and flanked by leather and steel-clad minions and dominatrix, referred to Earth as "this primitive and...tasteless...planet" then he deserved an Academy Award for screenwriting.

He was clearly being self-aware.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Thread resurrection!!! Finally some apparent news...not the director that I expected but still some news...

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=93108

 

[Saga]

i'll watch it no matter who the director is. i thought the trailer for Retaliation looked good.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I guess he's the go-to-guy for movie adaptations of toys whose names become shorthand for macho men.

 

[Reverend]

Any word on the script? I recall reading one that was one knocking around a few years ago titled "Greyskull". It was pretty good as I recall, if a little too obviously drawing from Joseph Campbell, but then that's always the danger with heroic origin stories.

 

[StarMan]

^ Skeletor's speech when he becomes a "god" is classic. It still gives me goosebumps watching it.

Pure, unstoppable power!

I had this movie memorized as a kid. Scary.

 

[Disruptor]

They made those Clash of the Titans movies, they can pull off this with effects galore...assuming they don't muck up the source material too much...that's asking a lot, though. The first GI JOE movie got more wrong that right. We won't know about the sequel until next spring.

 

[Admiral_Young]

No word on a script yet. Several attempts have been made, as briefly already discussed earlier in the thread the "Greyskull" one written by Justin Marks was probably the closest we got to a green light, that was when the film rights were held by Warner Bros I believe though. Evan Dougherty wrote a couple of drafts. No word on who the current script will be.